But Irish Americans say they’re still waiting for Barack Obama to embrace another influential figure from his past: his great-great-great-grandfather Falmouth Kearney.
An Irish immigrant who came to America in 1850, Kearney hailed from Moneygall, County Offaly, a tiny Irish village about an hour and a half west of Dublin. And according to Ancestry.com, this link makes Obama about 3.1 percent Irish.
And since no one will say it, let me make the joke here . . . he brings new meaning to the term "Black Irish."
2 comments:
I thought Foul-mouth Kearney was an ancient ancestor of Joe Biden.
Kathy...nope, just cussin' cousins
Post a Comment